1891 was the second year that Nebraska fielded a football team. Although the team was not provided with a head coach by the university that year, Theron Lyman (a football coach and former player at Iowa College) assisted Nebraska in their preparations for the game against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, in order to increase the competitiveness of the Old Gold Knights as a viable opponent for the Iowa squad to play against.[1]

Nebraska had planned a rematch with Doane during the previous season which was never scheduled, this missed contest was more than made up for, as the Old Gold Knights faced Doane for three of Nebraska's four games of 1891.

Although Doane scored the first points of the game - and the first points ever scored against Nebraska, the remainder of the day belonged to the Old Gold Knights, as Nebraska posted 16 unanswered points before the half.

The game was reportedly very physical, with several players suffering serious injuries, to the point that the Doane squad considered calling off the rest of the game, though they eventually agreed to a shortened 15-minute 2nd half. Nebraska put up an additional 12 points before the game ended, finishing with a 28-4 victory.[4][5]

Nebraska was looking for more playing time in preparations for their upcoming contest against the established Iowa Hawkeyes team, and scheduled a rematch with Doane. However, still playing without a head coach, team Captain Ebenezer Mockett withdrew from classes and the team prior to the game, leaving the Old Gold Knights short on leadership.

Doane had practiced intensely for the game, with an eye to avenge their previous losses, while several Nebraska players remained out with injuries from the previous game. Even so, Nebraska reportedly entered the game somewhat overconfident due to their previous victories, a feeling reinforced when Nebraska scored the first points off of an early Doane fumble, and ultimately running up to a 6-0 lead.

Both teams traded possession and points repeatedly afterwards, but Nebraska found itself behind on the scoreboard for the first time ever when Doane pulled ahead to 10-6 after the start of the 2nd half, although the Old Gold Knights responded with six points of their own to regain the lead, Doane responded in kind and handed Nebraska the first loss in the program's history.[4][5]

Although Nebraska was supported by a temporary head coach to fill the leadership vacuum, the relative lack of experience, and substandard equipment and uniforms played a part as the Old Gold Knights found themselves in over their heads against the powerful Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa utilized playing styles that Nebraska had never dealt with before, such as signal calling from the line by the quarterback before the play.

Still, Nebraska played physical defensive football and made Iowa earn their points, but earn them they did, as Iowa put up 22 to Nebraska's 0, handing the Old Gold Knights their first ever shutout loss.[4][5]

In order to prevent the season ending with a 1-1 tied record with Doane, the two schools arranged to play one more time to settle the season record between them, and to settle the matter of the Nebraska state championship.

Still without a head coach, Nebraska was on fire after the drubbing by Iowa the week before, and drilled Doane at their own home field for 22 unanswered points by the half. Old Gold Knights HB George Flippin, the first African American to play football for Nebraska, and James Johnston each scored three touchdowns along the way.

Doane rallied to keep Nebraska off the scoreboard in the 2nd half but was unable to answer with points of their own and was defeated with a shutout Nebraska victory that handed the Old Gold Knights their second consecutive Nebraska State Championship. Nebraska's record over Doane improved to 3-1.[4][5][6]

Nebraska claimed their second football title, having defeated Doane College in two out of three games for what amounted to the Nebraska State Championship. Nebraska was now 4-2-0 (.667) all time.

This was the second and last year that the Nebraska team was known as the Old Gold Knights, although they would also sometimes be referred to as the "Tree Planters", "Nebraskans", "The Rattlesnake Boys", "Red Stockings" or "Antelopes" in their early years, they were officially known as the "Bugeaters" beginning in the 1892 season.

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Nebraska Cornhuskers football
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Among the 128 Division I-A teams, Nebraska is one of ten programs to win 800 or more games. Nebraska has more victories against Power Five opponents than any program, as well as the third most victories all-time, behind only Michigan. Nebraska also has the most wins and the highest winning percentage of any program over the last 50 years, ESPN ranks two undefeated Nebraska squads, the 1971 team and the 1995 team, among the top three teams in college football history. Nebraska claims 46 conference championships and five championships,1970,1971,1994,1995. The titles in the 1990s marked the first time that a team won three championships in four seasons since the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 1946–1949. Also, the 2011–2012 Alabama Crimson Tide, the 1994–1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers, Nebraska also has had five undefeated seasons in which they were not the national champions,1902,1903,1913,1914, and 1915. Between 1912 and 1916, a 34-game unbeaten streak was recorded by head coach Ewald O. Stiehm, famous Cornhuskers include Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Eric Crouch. Rodgers was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and for the new millennium he was voted the teams Player of the Century, Rozier was likewise inducted into the hall in 2006. Bible, Bob Devaney, Biff Jones, Tom Osborne, Eddie Robbie Robinson, on June 11,2010, Nebraska ended the universitys affiliation with the Big 12 Conference and joined the Big Ten Conference beginning in the 2011 season. The Huskers team began its history as the Old Gold Knights, the name Cornhuskers first appeared in the school newspaper as We Have Met The Cornhuskers And They Are Ours referring to a 20–18 upset victory over Iowa in 1893. The term Cornhuskers was referring to Iowa in that instance, in 1899, Cy Sherman was the first person to refer to the Nebraska football team as the Cornhuskers and the team has used that name since 1900. Nebraska football began play in 1890 with a 10–0 victory over the Omaha YMCA on Thanksgiving Day, the football program started strong and experienced success from the very beginning, going twenty-eight years straight with only a single losing season. Until the 1–7–1 losing season in 1899 in coach A. Edwin Branchs only year at the helm, george Flippin was the first African-American athlete at Nebraska and only the fifth black athlete at a predominantly white university. Because of Flippins presence on the roster, Missouri refused to play a game with Nebraska at Omaha in 1892. The result was a 1–0 forfeit, Nebraskas 4th coach, Frank Crawford was the first paid head football coach at Nebraska. Eddie Robbie Robinson and Fielding H. Yost, the sixth and seventh head coaches, were the earliest Nebraska coaches to eventually be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Booth was the programs 9th leader, and had the second-best career record spanning more than a year during this era and his 1902 team went undefeated, untied and unscored upon

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1890 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football team
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The 1890 Nebraska Old Gold Knights football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1890 college football season. The team was coached by Langdon Frothingham,1890 was the first year that Nebraska fielded a football team. Coach Frothingham, a graduate of Harvard University just hired to the faculty at Nebraska, was named as coach of Nebraskas first football team mainly because he had brought a football with him. The University of Nebraska fielded their first team, as yet without an official name, approximately 500 students from the Lincoln campus were in attendance, which was a significant traveling group considering the transportation options of the era and the approximately 55-mile journey. In this early era of American football, The game was divided merely into two halves instead of four quarters, touchdowns were worth four points, and field kicks after touchdowns were worth two. Omaha started the game with possession and drove 40 yards before giving up a fumble to Nebraska, Nebraska failed to capitalize, coming as close as 1 yard from the end zone before a penalty setback eventually resulted in the drive coming up empty. After several possession changes, Nebraska came close enough to try for a field goal, however, the play was executed as a drop-kick, and although it went through the uprights it was ruled as a punt by the officials, and no points were awarded. Nebraska soon after forced an Omaha fumble in their end zone, after a third safety early in the second half, Nebraska led 6-0. The YMCAs team colors were white and red, a pairing that would eventually be adopted by Nebraska, a rematch game in Lincoln was mentioned in the local newspaper, to be played a few weeks later, but was not played. Nebraska started slowly on their possession, but then exploded with a 50-yard pass to Ebenezer Mockett. The field kick was good and Nebraska was ahead 6-0, later in the half, Oliver scored another touchdown, but the field kick failed and left Nebraska ahead 10-0. Just before halftime, Ebenezer Mockett rushed for another touchdown and Doane found themselves down 0-14 at the break, during the second half, both teams struggled, resulting in numerous kicks and fumbles as the teams traded possession. Eventually, the Doane kicker dropped the ball in the endzone, again, the field kick failed, and the score would remain 18-0 until time expired. Having won both of their games against the only other viable Nebraska-based teams, the 1890 Old Gold Knights claimed what amounted to the Nebraska State Championship

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Lincoln, Nebraska
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Lincoln is the capital of the U. S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers 92.81 square miles with a population of 277,348 in 2015 and it is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 72nd-largest in the United States. The statistical area is home to 345,478 people, making it the 105th-largest combined statistical area in the United States, the city was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild salt marshes of what was to become Lancaster County. In 1867, the village of Lancaster became Nebraskas state capital and was renamed Lincoln, bertram G. Goodhue designed state capitol building was completed in 1932 and is the second tallest capitol in the United States. As the city is the seat of government for the state of Nebraska, the state, the University of Nebraska was founded in Lincoln in 1867. The university is the largest in Nebraska with 25,006 students enrolled and is the citys third-largest employer, other primary employers fall within the service and manufacturing industries, including a growing high-tech sector. The region makes up a part of what is known as the greater Midwest Silicon Prairie, designated as a refugee-friendly city by the U. S. Department of State in the 1970s, the city was the twelfth-largest resettlement site per capita in the United States by 2000. Refugee Vietnamese, Karen, Sudanese, and Yazidi people have resettled in the city. Lincoln Public Schools during the year of 2016–17 provided support for approximately 3,200 students from 118 countries. Prior to the westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. Plains Indians, descendants of peoples who occupied the area for thousands of years, lived in. The Pawnee, which included four tribes, lived in villages along the Platte River, an occasional buffalo could still be seen in the plat of Lincoln in the 1860s. Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster and became the county seat of the newly created Lancaster County in 1859, the village was sited on the east bank of Salt Creek. The first settlers were attracted to the due to the abundance of salt. Once J. Sterling Morton developed his salt mines in Kansas, Captain W. T. Donovan, a former steamer captain, and his family settled on Salt Creek in 1856. In the fall of 1859, the settlers met to form a county. A caucus was formed and the committee, which included Captain Donovan, after the passage of the 1862 Homestead Act, homesteaders began to inhabit the area. The first plat was dated August 6,1864, by the close of 1868, Lancaster had a population of approximately 500 people

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Grinnell College
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Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U. S. known for its rigorous academics and tradition of social responsibility. It was founded in 1846, when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College, in 1843, eleven Congregational ministers, all of whom trained at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, set out to proselytize on the frontier. Each man pledged to gather a church and together the group or band would seek to establish a college, when the group arrived in Iowa later that year, each selected a different town in which to establish a congregation. In 1846, they collectively established Iowa College in Davenport, a few months later, Iowa joined the Union. The first 25 years of Grinnells history saw a change in name, however, Greeley vehemently denied ever saying this to Grinnell, or to anyone. The name of the corporation The Trustees of Iowa College remained, in its early years, the College experienced setbacks. Although two students received bachelor of arts degrees in 1854, within 10 years the Civil War had claimed most of Grinnells students, in 1882, Grinnell College was struck by a tornado — then called a cyclone, after which the college yearbook was named. The storm devastated the campus and destroyed both College buildings, rebuilding began immediately, and the determination to expand wasnt limited to architecture, the curriculum was again extended to include departments in political science and modern languages. Grinnell became known as the center of the Social Gospel reform movement, as Robert Handy writes and its leading figures were Professor George D. Herron and President George A. Gates. Other firsts pointed to the side of college life, the first intercollegiate football and baseball games west of the Mississippi were played in Grinnell. Concern with social issues, educational innovation, and individual expression continue to shape Grinnell, as an example, the school’s 5th year travel-service program, preceded the establishment of the Peace Corps by many years. Other recent innovations include first-year tutorials, cooperative programs, and programs in quantitative studies. In its 2016 edition of Americas Best Colleges, U. S. Grinnell College is located in the town of Grinnell, Iowa, about halfway between Des Moines and Iowa City. The main campus is bounded by 6th Avenue on the south, 10th Avenue on the north, East Street on the east, the 120-acre campus contains sixty-three buildings ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to Bauhaus. Goodnow Hall and Mears Cottage are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the residential part of campus is divided into three sections, North Campus, East Campus, and South Campus. North and South Campus dormitories are modeled explicitly after the colleges of Oxford. The East Campus dormitories were designed by William Rawn Associates and feature a modern design Upon completion East Campus was awarded LEED certification, the four East Campus dorms are made out of Iowa limestone which helped in securing the LEED certification. All three campuses feature dormitory buildings that are connected by a loggia, a signature of the college

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Iowa Hawkeyes
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The Iowa Hawkeyes are sports teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports,11 for men and 13 for women, the teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the Big Ten Conference. Currently, the athletic director is Gary Barta. Historically, Iowa has been successful in wrestling, with 34 team Big Ten championships and 23 team national championships. The Hawkeyes have also won championships in five other sports, mens gymnastics, football, field hockey, rifle and womens track. In basketball, Iowa has reached the Final Four on four occasions, the mens team has done this three times, most recently in 1980, while the womens team has done it once, in 1993. The baseball team has reached the College World Series once, in 1972, Iowas softball team has played in the Womens College World Series on four occasions, most recently in 2001. Football home games are played at Kinnick Stadium, while basketball, gymnastics, volleyball, the schools baseball team plays at Duane Banks Field and the softball team plays at Bob Pearl Softball Field. In 1833, James Edwards, a newspaperman from Burlington, Iowa selected the nickname to honor the memory of Black Hawk, Edwards called his newspapers Hawk Eye and in 1838 the Officials of the territory of Iowa accepted the nickname. The University of Iowa currently fields 25 varsity teams, participating in the Big Ten and the NCAAs Division I, they are, Iowa began playing baseball in 1890, when the Hawkeyes went a combined 2–1 against two teams, Cornell and Vinton. To date, Iowa has won eight Big Ten titles, and has played in the College World Series once. Iowa earned its way to the CWS at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha with a 13-3 Big Ten record and that record included another school record that still stands, an 11-game Big Ten winning streak. It was Iowas first outright Big Ten baseball title since 1939, lose one of those four games, and Iowa goes home. In 1972, only conference champions competed for the eight World Series berths, the Hawkeyes opened the 1972 CWS against #1-ranked Arizona State, who entered the game with an incredible record of 60 wins and only 4 losses. But Iowa, an underdog, outhit the Sun Devils 8-3 only to lose. Iowa had the tying run thrown out at the plate in the 9th inning, Iowa had also threatened in the 7th with a lead-off double, but could not score. The Hawkeyes then played in the losers bracket the next day against Temple, but after taking a 6-2 lead into the sixth inning, the Hawkeyes ended up being knocked out of the Series with a 12-8 loss. Arizona State lost the game that year to Southern Cal

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Doane University
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Doane University is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska, United States, with additional campuses located in Lincoln, Grand Island and Omaha. Fourteen years later, and after unsuccessful attempts to establish Congregational schools across the state. On July 11,1872, Doane College preempted the old Crete Academy, on May 9,2016, the institution was renamed to Doane University. Doane is the first liberal arts and sciences college in Nebraska, the university has had 67 Fulbright Scholars since the program began in 1946. The enrollment consists of over 1,000 undergraduate students on the Crete campus, as well as 750 adult learners and 1,200 graduate students who attend the Lincoln, Omaha and Grand Island campuses. Doane offers more than 40 undergraduate majors, several pre-professional programs, Doane University athletic teams, nicknamed the Tigers, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, competing in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. Co-ed sports include cheerleading and shotgun sports, Doane has a rich athletic history. The first college coach at Doane was F. P. Reed, who led the team to a 1-1 record, other coaches in its football history include Al Papik, Tommie Frazier and current head coach Matt Franzen. Doanes football team has participated on three games and won two, tying in the third. The first was the 1950 Bean Bowl where they defeated Colorado State College by a score of 14–6, Doane then had back-to-back appearances in the Mineral Water Bowl in 1967 and 1968. They have qualified for the NAIA National Playoffs five times, most recently in 2015, henry Pratt Fairchild - sociologist and educator Bob Stitt - University of Montana Football Head Coach Zenon C. R. The designation was given to 161 Midwest schools, including six from Nebraska, Doane placed among the top 25 liberal arts colleges nationwide in the ‘least debt rankings released in the Sept.17,2007 issue of U. S. News & World Report. Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog recently called it a hidden treasure, U. S. News & World Report has ranked Doane a Great School at a Great Price for five consecutive years as well as placed it among the top 25 of 572 Midwestern schools. In 2009, Forbes rated it 66th of Americas Best Colleges, Doane also received a distinction for Hurricane Relief Services for its hurricane relief efforts following the Gulf hurricanes of 2005. Doane University Historic Buildings, including Gaylord Hall, Boswell Observatory and it serves as a location for classes, graduation ceremonies, and on some occasions, weddings

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Crete, Nebraska
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Crete is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,960 at the 2010 census, the railroad was extended to the area in 1870, bringing settlers. In 1871, two towns merged to form a new town, which was named after Crete, Illinois. Crete was once a contender for county seat, Crete is located at 40°37′29″N 96°57′33″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 2.97 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,960 people,2,199 households, the population density was 2,383.6 inhabitants per square mile. There were 2,389 housing units at a density of 818.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 70. 6% White,1. 0% African American,0. 5% Native American,2. 5% Asian,0. 1% Pacific Islander,23. 1% from other races, and 2. 2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 35. 7% of the population,27. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the family size was 3.41. The median age in the city was 28.5 years. 25. 7% of residents were under the age of 18,19. 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24,23. 6% were from 25 to 44, 20% were from 45 to 64, and 10. 9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49. 8% male and 50. 2% female, as of the census of 2000, there were 6,028 people,2,078 households, and 1,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,541.9 people per square mile, there were 2,188 housing units at an average density of 922.7 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 86. 48% White,0. 76% African American,0. 73% Native American,3. 27% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,6. 90% from other races, and 1. 82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13. 50% of the population,29. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the family size was 3.13. In the city, the population was out with 23. 8% under the age of 18,20. 1% from 18 to 24,24. 3% from 25 to 44,17. 2% from 45 to 64

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Omaha, Nebraska
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Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, Omaha is the anchor of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which includes Council Bluffs, Iowa, across the Missouri River from Omaha. According to the 2010 census, Omahas population was 408,958, according to the 2014 Population Estimates, Omahas population was 446,599. Including its suburbs, Omaha formed the 60th-largest metropolitan area in the United States in 2013, the Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, Nebraska-IA Combined Statistical Area is 931,667, according to the U. S. Census Bureaus 2013 estimate. There are nearly 1.3 million residents within the Greater Omaha area, comprising a 50-mile radius of Downtown Omaha, Omahas pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it played host to the Worlds Fair, dubbed the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. During the 19th century, Omahas central location in the United States spurred the city to become an important national transportation hub, throughout the rest of the 19th century, the transportation and jobbing sectors were important in the city, along with its railroads and breweries. In the 20th century, the Omaha Stockyards, once the worlds largest, Omaha is also the home to five Fortune 1000 headquarters, Green Plains Renewable Energy, TD Ameritrade, Valmont Industries, Werner Enterprises, and West Corporation. And Leo A Daly, the Gallup Organization, of Gallup Poll fame, Enron began in Omaha as Northern Natural Gas in 1930, before taking over a smaller Houston company in 1985 to form InterNorth, which Kenneth Lay moved permanently to Houston, in 1987. The modern economy of Omaha is diverse and built on skilled knowledge jobs, in 2009, Forbes identified Omaha as the nations number one Best Bang-For-The Buck City and ranked it number one on Americas Fastest-Recovering Cities list. Also, Omaha hosted the U. S. Olympic swim trials in 2008,2012 and 2016, the word Omaha means Dwellers on the bluff. In 1804 the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed by the riverbanks where the city of Omaha would be built, there was fierce competition among fur traders until John Jacob Astor created the monopoly of the American Fur Company. The Mormons built a town called Cutlers Park in the area in 1846, while it was temporary, the settlement provided the basis for further development in the future. Through 26 separate treaties with the United States federal government, Native American tribes in Nebraska gradually ceded the lands comprising the state. The treaty and cession involving the Omaha area occurred in 1854 when the Omaha Tribe ceded most of east-central Nebraska, Logan Fontenelle, an interpreter for the Omaha and signatory to the 1854 treaty, played an essential role in those proceedings. Before it was legal to claim land in Indian Country, William D. Brown was operating the Lone Tree Ferry to bring settlers from Council Bluffs, Brown is generally credited as having the first vision for a city where Omaha now sits. The passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854 was presaged by the out of claims around the area to become Omaha by residents from neighboring Council Bluffs. On July 4,1854, the city was established at a picnic on Capital Hill

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Yale University
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Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony to train Congregationalist ministers, it is the third-oldest institution of education in the United States. The Collegiate School moved to New Haven in 1716, and shortly after was renamed Yale College in recognition of a gift from British East India Company governor Elihu Yale. Originally restricted to theology and sacred languages, the curriculum began to incorporate humanities and sciences by the time of the American Revolution. In the 19th century the school introduced graduate and professional instruction, awarding the first Ph. D. in the United States in 1861 and organizing as a university in 1887. Yale is organized into fourteen constituent schools, the undergraduate college, the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. While the university is governed by the Yale Corporation, each schools faculty oversees its curriculum, the universitys assets include an endowment valued at $25.4 billion as of June 2016, the second largest of any U. S. educational institution. The Yale University Library, serving all constituent schools, holds more than 15 million volumes and is the third-largest academic library in the United States, Yale College undergraduates follow a liberal arts curriculum with departmental majors and are organized into a social system of residential colleges. Almost all faculty teach courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. Students compete intercollegiately as the Yale Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I – Ivy League, Yale has graduated many notable alumni, including five U. S. Presidents,19 U. S. Supreme Court Justices,20 living billionaires, and many heads of state. In addition, Yale has graduated hundreds of members of Congress,57 Nobel laureates,5 Fields Medalists,247 Rhodes Scholars, and 119 Marshall Scholars have been affiliated with the University. Yale traces its beginnings to An Act for Liberty to Erect a Collegiate School, passed by the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut on October 9,1701, the Act was an effort to create an institution to train ministers and lay leadership for Connecticut. Soon thereafter, a group of ten Congregationalist ministers, Samuel Andrew, Thomas Buckingham, Israel Chauncy, Samuel Mather, the group, led by James Pierpont, is now known as The Founders. Originally known as the Collegiate School, the institution opened in the home of its first rector, Abraham Pierson, the school moved to Saybrook, and then Wethersfield. In 1716 the college moved to New Haven, Connecticut, the feud caused the Mathers to champion the success of the Collegiate School in the hope that it would maintain the Puritan religious orthodoxy in a way that Harvard had not. Cotton Mather suggested that the school change its name to Yale College, meanwhile, a Harvard graduate working in England convinced some 180 prominent intellectuals that they should donate books to Yale. The 1714 shipment of 500 books represented the best of modern English literature, science, philosophy and it had a profound effect on intellectuals at Yale. Undergraduate Jonathan Edwards discovered John Lockes works and developed his original theology known as the new divinity

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Nebraska Field
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Nebraska Field was an American football stadium in the midwestern United States, located in Lincoln, Nebraska. At the northeast corner of North 10th Street and North T Street, Nebraska Field was succeeded by the new Memorial Stadium in 1923, which was built in the same location. The local portion of North 10th Street was eventually renamed Stadium Drive in the following the completion of Memorial Stadium. The present playing field at Memorial Stadium is conventionally aligned north-south, Nebraska Fields exact capacity is not recorded, but the largest recorded attendance was 16,000 in its final game, against Notre Dame on November 30,1922. It was the first of two losses for the legendary Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, Notre Dame was undefeated in 1924. The final game at Nebraska Field in 1922 was also the last attended by Nebraskas longtime trainer Jack Best, who had served since the programs inception in 1890

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Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)
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Memorial Stadium is located on the campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. It is the home of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, at the conclusion of the 2016 season, the stadium holds an ongoing NCAA record of 354 consecutive sellouts, which began in 1962. When full, Memorial Stadium holds more people than any Nebraska city except Omaha, because most fans wear red apparel, the stadium is referred to as the Sea of Red on game days. In the fall of 1922, a drive for $430,000 in funds to build a new stadium was undertaken by faculty, students, alumni. Later, the stadium would also honor the 3,839 Nebraskans who died in World War II, the 225 in Korea, construction was completed in just over 90 working days, Memorial Stadium was dedicated on October 20,1923. Southwest, Not the victory but the action, Not the goal but the game, northwest, Courage, Generosity, Fairness, Honor, In these are the true awards of manly sport. Northeast, Their Lives they held their countrys trust, They kept its faith, a statue of Nebraska former coach Tom Osborne and former Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer can be found outside the north side of the stadium. Prior to the move to Memorial, finals for each class were contested at local sites. Memorial Stadium has undergone several phases of expansion and renovation since its original construction, in its original configuration, the stadium consisted of stands on the east and west sidelines. It was modeled after Ohio States Ohio Stadium and had a capacity of around 31,000. A series of four additions between 1964 and 1972 enclosed the stadium by adding seats above the north and south end zones, more than doubling Memorial Stadiums seating capacity to nearly 74,000. A major renovation in 1999 added 42 luxury boxes above the west stands, the stadium was rededicated, reflecting Nebraskas rise to national prominence during his 34 years as an assistant coach and head coach, the stadium almost doubled in size during his tenure. In 2004, construction began to renovate and expand the north end zone stands, Memorial Stadium now features an additional 13 luxury boxes above the north stands called the Skyline Suites and an additional 6,000 seats, increasing seating capacity to 81,067. Nebraska has the twentieth-largest video screen in college football, at 33 feet tall, concurrently, ribbon boards stretching the length of the field were installed along the east and west balconies of the stadium. This expansion was built on the stadiums east side, and includes 3,300 general admission seats,2,119 new club seats and 38 additional skybox suites. The expansion totals more than 6,000 new seats and brings the number of private suites inside the stadium to 101. The original east facade of the stadium, plus Gate 20, was preserved within a new entrance lobby, the creation of the first standing room only area in Memorial Stadium was also built, an area available for companies and private parties to host events on a game-to-game basis. In addition, the university created a 20, 000-square-foot cutting-edge athletics research facility in addition to another 20,000 square feet dedicated to campus research, the expansion project was completed and dedicated on August 22,2013

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Herbie Husker
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Herbie Husker is the oldest current mascot of the University of Nebraska-Lincolns sports teams. Herbie was created by Lubbock, Texas, artist Dirk West and first appeared on the cover of the Huskers media guide in 1974, soon after, he became the universitys official mascot. Herbie has gone through a few makeovers, the most recent coming before the 2003 college football season, until 2003, he was dressed in denim overalls, a red cowboy hat emblazoned with a large N, and had an ear of corn in his pocket. After the 2003 makeover, he now dons a red hat, red workshirt, blue jeans. This was done to update the appearance of the states agricultural workers. During halftime of the 2006 Capital One Bowl, Herbie was named National Mascot of the year for 2005, in January 2005, Herbie starred in his own childrens book, Hello, Herbie Husker

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Lil' Red
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Lil Red is one of two mascots representing University of Nebraska–Lincolns athletic teams. Lil Red is the newest mascot, having been created for the 1993 season after a statewide contest run for that purpose, associate athletic director Dr. Barbara Hibner was the driving force behind Lil Red. The mascot is currently produced by Signs & Shapes International, Inc. based in Omaha, due to the mascots incredibly light weight, the larger-than-life mascot can run, dance, crowd surf and shake hands. The costume was designed to appeal to children and has become a piece of Nebraska athletics culture. Lil Red was designed in a state–wide contest that was organized by Dr. Barbara Hibner to find a design that could mainly represent the schools volleyball team. Since Lil Reds introduction, he has come to represent other sporting events alongside Herbie Husker, such as football

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University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band
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The University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band is the marching band of the University of Nebraska. It performs at all football games. Founded in 1879, the Marching Red is one of the oldest, the band consists of 300 students from over 60 different academic majors from across the campus. Thanks to the success of the Husker football program, the Marching Red is also one of the most traveled bands in the country having participated in all of the bowl games. On November 19,2011, the Cornhusker Marching Band performed at Michigan Stadium in front of the largest audience ever to watch the band, the Cornhusker Band has also made several international tours, visiting continental Europe and Ireland. The Cornhusker Marching Band has been the recipient of many honors over the years, the Sudler Trophy is presented biannually to a college marching band program that has demonstrated particular excellence over a period of years. A ballot of all NCAA marching band directors selects the trophy recipient, the Marching Red has been seen by millions of viewers on television, and appeared on the Kennedy Center stage as part of the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony. In 2005 the band was featured on the NBC prime time series Tommy Lee Goes to College and in 2007 on ABCs Extreme Makeover, Home Edition. On October 13,2007, a crew from the comedy film, Yes Man. To become a member, each person must pass an audition in the Spring or attend a mini-camp as is the case sometimes for percussion. After first cuts, a marching and music memorization audition follows in the Fall semester. On football game days at home, the band rehearses for two hours in Memorial Stadium beginning five-and-a-half hours before kickoff, an hour-and-a-half before kickoff, the band meets in full uniform at Westbrook Music Building for warm-up and final instructions. Following is an outdoor concert at Kimball Recital Hall and the traditional march to the stadium. It is customary before the playing of Hail Varsity. to sing Band Song, throughout the history of the Marching Red, the Band has performed many fight songs at football games, most of which can be heard during the pregame performance. The band maintains the tradition of playing the teams fight song during its pregame performance. The Cornhusker Marching Bands Pregame Spectacular begins with a drum cadence, when the drum cadence changes pace, the band runs onto the field as the announcer exclaims Now is the time for the Marching Red Experience – Presenting the University of Nebraska Cornhusker. As the band plays fanfares to the crowd, the announcer proclaims This is the Pride of All Nebraska, before introducing the drum majors and twirlers. Its Football Saturday in Memorial Stadium, and there is NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA, the Cornhusker Marching Bands Pregame Performance contains, Dear Old Nebraska U The visiting teams fight song The Star Spangled Banner Mr

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Blackshirts (American football)
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The Blackshirts are the first-string defensive unit players for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. The term originally dates back to the early 1960s and refers to the practice jerseys that Nebraskas first-string defenders began to wear during practice. Assistant Coach Mike Corgan was tasked with obtaining the new jersey pullovers, the sporting goods store he visited reportedly gave him a good deal on black, because the color had apparently not been selling well. The new jerseys were then assigned to be worn by the Nebraska defensive players during practice, quickly identifying starting defensive players by the black jerseys they wore on the field made coaching them much more efficient. The unmarked black jerseys were collected each day for laundering and then redistributed during the next practice, after a time, the black jerseys were only given to the defensive players who practiced and performed well. There probably wasnt a day when we didnt make switches, said George Kelly, long-time sports information director Don Bryant credits much of Blackshirt mystique to Coach Kelly, who was often heard yelling and exhorting the Blackshirts during practices and scrimmages. The choice of black to bring about the name Blackshirts was not intentional, said Coach Kelly in later years, Honestly, it was an accident of availability. Blackshirts are awarded to defensive starters and other key defensive players, besides the black practice jerseys, which today have the players name and number imprinted on them, the Blackshirts also have a black circle on the back of their helmet. These players will often cross their arms in an X across their chests, representing the skull and crossbones and this is called Throwing the Bones. The defensive players not awarded a Blackshirt wear red practice jerseys, the student section at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln is named the Boneyard after the Blackshirts. The Blackshirts logo and throwing the bones motion is often displayed there, on October 16,2007, the defensive players and coaches made a joint decision to remove the Blackshirts. The first player to remove his Blackshirt was Senior captain Zackary Bowman, on November 11,2008, the Blackshirts were given back to the eleven defensive starters by new Head Coach Bo Pelinis staff, three days after a win against a strong Kansas Jayhawks football team. The win also made the 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team bowl-eligible

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Cy Sherman
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Charles Sumner Cy Sherman was an American journalist and is known as the father of the Cornhuskers after giving the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team the name Cornhuskers in 1899. At his suggestion in 1936, Associated Press sports editor Alan J. Gould created the first AP Poll for ranking college football teams, at his death he was called by the Star the Dean of American Sportswriters. Charles Sumner Sherman was born in Villisca, Iowa on March 10,1871 to Charles Wheelan Sherman and his father was a civil war veteran and newspaper publisher and editor. He was born in Richland County, Ohio on June 6,1841 and his mother was born in Marion County, Iowa on August 26,1842, and died in Plattsmouth, Nebraska on May 31,1900. Sherman first attended schools in Glenwood, Iowa, before his family moved to Plattsmouth, in Plattsmouth, his father was the publisher of the Plattsmouth Tribune, and Sherman spent time in its shop in where he learned printing. Sherman married Nancy Ada Moore in Davenport, Iowa on August 16,1893, Nancy was born in Davenport on October 31,1870. During the 1890 through 1899 seasons, the Huskers had been called multiple names including Treeplanters, Rattlesnake Boys, Antelopes, Old Gold Knights, the school was changing its school colors to scarlet and cream in 1892 and the Old Gold Knights no longer made sense. Sherman thought the name Bugeaters was unglamorous and was tired of referring to the Nebraska teams with that name, Sherman was writing for the Nebraska State Journal starting in about 1898, and in 1899 was the first to use the name Cornhuskers to refer to Nebraska. He did so frequently in his columns and University journalism professor Alvin Watkins Jr. made a push for its adoption on campus and it was a successful effort and Cornhuskers would become the only used name for the team starting in 1900. The student yearbook changed its name to the “Cornhusker” in 1907, when the Nebraska legislature passed a bill naming Nebraska the Cornhusker State in 1946, Sherman received the pen used to sign the bill. In August 1913, Sherman moved to Red Lodge, Montana where he became editor and part owner of the Red Lodge Picket, Sherman played a role in advocating Stechers career, which increased the wrestlers prominence. Later in the year, Sherman was credited with discovering Earl Caddock from Anita, Sherman refereed a match between Caddock and Stecher in April 1917 in Omaha. Caddock won the match, and Shermans work was controversial when he disallowed a fall when Caddock had nearly pinned Stecher but had his feet off the mat. Later that year Sherman organized athletic shows in Lincoln to raise money to support Linolns Western Baseball League team, at one show Fred Fulton boxed, while Caddock wrestled at the other. Boxers Mike and Tommy Gibbons were also part of the affair, in 1935, AP sports editor Alan J. Gould declared a three way tie for national champion in football between Minnesota, Princeton, and Southern Methodist. Minnesota fans protested, and a number of Goulds colleagues led by Sherman suggested he create a poll of sports editors instead of using his own list. As an writer, Shemans column in the Star was for a time called Brass Tacks and he was known as an advocate for sportsmanship and opposed commercialization and excess recruiting in the college game. As early as the 1910s, Sherman was involved in minor baseball in Lincoln

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Flea Kicker
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The final minutes of the game were seen by many people on ABC, after other regional games ended. The Cornhuskers, who had won national championships for the 1994 and 1995 seasons, went into the game with an 8–0 record and they had only given up seven points in their last three games and had beaten the Tigers eighteen straight times. The Tigers were unranked with a 6–3 record, and in the history, had never beaten a No.1 ranked team. The Huskers took possession from a punt after Missouri failed to convert a first down on their own 33-yard line with 1,02 left, in less than a minute, the Huskers moved the ball 55 yards. The Huskers were on the Missouri 12-yard line with seven seconds left when Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost threw a pass intended for wingback Shevin Wiggins. The ball hit Wiggins directly in the chest near the goal line, the ball immediately shot down and hit a Missouri safety in the foot and popped back in the air. Then Missouri safety Julian Jones tackled Wiggins as time expired, as Wiggins was pulled to the ground, his leg popped up, kicking the ball into the air for a second time. Cornhuskers receiver Matt Davison leaped for the ball, his hands scraping the turf as he managed to make the catch in the endzone for a touchdown, Missouri fans stormed the field in celebration, thinking they had won. The play could have resulted in a 15-yard penalty if officials had considered the kick intentional, instead, they ruled the catch a touchdown. Once fans were cleared from the field, Kris Brown kicked the point for Nebraska to send the game into overtime. In OT, Frost ran for a touchdown, and Jones was sacked on 4th, Missouri finished the season 7–5 with a loss to Colorado State in the Holiday Bowl. The Tigers did not defeat the Cornhuskers until 2003, ending a 24-game losing streak in the series. After the game, Wiggins claimed to have kicked the ball intentionally to keep the play alive and he also at various times and in later interviews claimed to have been trying to kick the ball back to himself for a catch. Regardless, and unfortunately for the Tigers, the outcome of the game could not be changed after the fact, furthermore, the rules only allowed officials to establish intent to kick only as they could determine clearly on the field of play. Although Nebraska dropped to No.3 in the AP Poll the following week, they were still undefeated, the Cornhuskers defeated Iowa State and Colorado in the last two games of the regular season and beat Texas A&M 54–15 in the Big 12 Championship Game. Nebraska went on to defeat Peyton Manning and No.3 Tennessee 42–17 in the Orange Bowl to finish the season 13–0, the Cornhuskers had a No.1 ranking in the Coaches Poll, giving them a third national championship in four seasons. However, they had to split the championship with the 12–0 Michigan Wolverines who defeated No.8 Washington State 21–16 in the 1998 Rose Bowl, the Flea Kicker was ranked No.11 on The Best Damn Sports Show Periods list of Top 50 Amazing Catches. The Flea Kicker was also being recreated for the Fox Sports Net program Sport Science in an episode called Bet You Cant Do It Again, missouri–Nebraska football rivalry Fifth Down Game

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Nebraska Cornhuskers football statistical leaders
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Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Cornhuskers represent the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the NCAAs Big Ten, although Nebraska began competing in intercollegiate football in 1890, the schools official record book considers the modern era to have begun in 1956. Records from before this year are incomplete and inconsistent. These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons, Since 1890, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11, the NCAA didnt allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972, allowing players to have four-year careers. Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002 and these lists are updated through the end of the 2016 season. Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics and it does not include receiving or returns. All-purpose yards is the sum of yardage gained from the line of scrimmage and it can include rushing, receiving, kick return and punt return yards. It does not include passing yardage, note, In 1910 touchdowns were only worth 5 points each Single season field goal percentages for kickers with more than 10 attempts

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1894 Nebraska Bugeaters football team
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The 1894 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented University of Nebraska in the 1894 college football season. The team was coached by Frank Crawford and played their games at the M Street Park in Lincoln. For the first time in history, Nebraska started the season with a returning head coach. Also for the first time, an exhibition game was scheduled against Lincoln High School. As the program grew, so did the roster, having increased from 17 in the first season and this exhibition game to tune up for the season was played essentially as a practice scrimmage, and the results did not count towards the season record. Grinnell was a power by the time these teams met for the first time. Few expected much of a game from Nebraska against this kind of experience, Nebraska fought all through the first half, and despite not scoring, also prevented Grinnell from posting points of their own, and the game was tied at 0-0 by halftime. After the break, it was all Nebraska, including three touchdowns by George Flippin, Nebraska opened their conference slate with a road game at Missouri. The Bugeaters improved their scoring woes from the game by putting up 14 points. It was a one side affait in every way as the Bugeaters ran out to a fast 30-0 lead by the half, Nebraska was now 2-0 over the Omaha YMCA all-time. A dispute over the crew delayed the kickoff, but once underway Kansas took an early lead in their bid to remain perfect in their series with Nebraska. The Bugeaters fought back to pull ahead 8-6 by halftime and then kept the Jayhawks off the scoreboard in the half while padding their lead to 12-6. Nebraskas first win in the series brought them up to 1-2 all time against Kansas, University of Kansas records indicate this game was played November 22 in Lincoln. Nebraska padded their roster in preparation for game, adding not only Coach Crawford as quarterback. Though the game was planned with one week notice, efforst were made to publicize the match. It was not a game on either side of the ball. This was the time these teams met for a football game. University of Iowa records indicate the score of this game was a 14-12 Nebraska victory

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1897 Nebraska Bugeaters football team
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The 1897 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1897 college football season. The team was coached by Eddie N. Robinson and played their games at Antelope Field in Lincoln. Coach Robinson returned for his season at Nebraska, leading a team with even less players on the roster than last year. Nebraska was unable to pace with Iowa State, and were not helped by windy conditions that favored the Cyclones during the first half. The series was now even at 1-1 between the teams, as it would turn out, this would be the only loss of the season for Nebraska. This was the first meeting between Nebraska and the squad from Tarkio College in Missouri, and also the first game played on the campus at the University of Nebraska. On this day, the new field was a mess that was little improved by efforts before kickoff to make it more layable. Tarkio was overmatched by the Bugeaters, never getting closer than the Nebraska 30 yard line, when Nebraska Wesleyan arrived, it was unclear if the game would be played, as they did not have enough members present to field a team. A bid to have their play, a solution seen in some previous years, was denied as against league rules. NWU eventually resolved the problem by adding a high school football player to their team for the day. In addition, the game was shortened to 15 minute halves and this game set new Nebraska records for total points scored and largest margin of victory, besting the 38-0 mark set against the Sioux City Athletic Club in 1895. Nebraskas record over Missouri improved to 4-0, in an unusually contentious meeting between these teams, controversy was the order of the day. Even before kickoff, disagreement began over the chosen by Kansas as their officiating representative. Over and over again, the Bugeaters protested calls made by the umpire, later, a Kansas field kick that many spectators claimed missed the mark was ruled good by the umpire. Nebraska chose to continue playing at that point, but officially under protest, Kansas demanded a rematch, but it was never scheduled. Despite the Kansas loss, they still owned twice as many wins as Nebraska in the series, University of Kansas records indicate the final score of this game was a 6-5 Nebraska victory. The death of a Commandant Jackson resulted in game being canceled. The game was rescheduled for December 5 but was never played

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1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team
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The 1898 Nebraska Bugeaters football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 1898 college football season. The team was coached by Fielding H. Yost and played their games at Antelope Field in Lincoln. Once again Nebraska had a new coach, and again chose a future College Football Hall-of-Famer in Fielding H. Yost, unfortunately for Nebraska, Coach Yost only stayed one year before moving on through Kansas and Stanford before establishing his legendary tenure at Michigan. Nebraska left the Western Inter-State University Football Association after the 1897 season and played this year as an independent, not joining a league again until 1907. The slate of teams scheduled this year was heavy, as there were three instances on the schedule where Nebraska played a game with one day off since the previous game. Nebraska hosted nearby Hastings College to open the season, and the theme of the day was Bugeater domination, the 76-0 shutout smashing of Hastings set new Nebraska records for margin of victory and total points scored, besting the 41-0 mark set against Missouri in the previous season. Nebraska extended their win streak to seven straight with the win over Iowa State in Lincoln, the Cyclones settled down in the second half and put up ten points, but it was not enough to overcome the momentum of the Bugeaters. Nebraskas record over Iowa State improved to 2-1, the Nebraska players took advantage of their larger average size to overpower the William Jewell team in Kansas City, having no difficulty posting a 38-0 shutout victory. This was Nebraskas seventh shutout in the nine games. This was the time these teams would meet. Only two days after the victory against Williams Jewell, Nebraska faced Missouri in Columbia, Kansas found themselves in trouble early on, after losing a key player to injury shortly after the game began. Although they managed a touchdown later in the game, it was not enough and this was Nebraskas 11th straight victory, but the Bugeaters still lagged in this series, 3-4. Only two days after the defeat of Kansas, Nebraska faced the Kansas City Medical School squad and it was Nebraskas first shutout loss since the 0-10 defeat at the hands of Iowa to start the previous season. Nebraska traveled to Boulder to meet the team which would set their sights on the Bugeater squad as the team to beat in later decades. It was not a way for the Colorado squad to start the series. A newspaper account of the stated that this game was the most even. Yet again, Nebraska played with only a day off since the previous game, against the Denver Athletic Club, which held a 2-1 record against the Bugeaters, it was a tall order. Missed kicks by Denver came back to haunt them by the end, in the end, down by just one point, the Denver AC squad was driving and putting the scare into the Bugeaters when time ran out and Nebraska escaped with the win

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1901 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
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The 1901 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska in the 1901 college football season. The team was coached by Walter C, bummy Booth and played their home games at Antelope Field in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nebraska was coming off one of its best ever seasons with head coach Booth. The Cornhuskers continued their unbeaten streak against Lincoln High School in this preseason exhibition game, Nebraska barely escaped from Kirksville with a win, managing only one touchdown against the medical students from Missouri. The Cornhuskers utilized their larger size to control Kirksville, twice preventing scores on two significant attempts. This was the time these teams would meet. After a four-year break, Doane arrived in Lincoln to resume the oldest active series between the Cornhuskers and its opponents, Nebraska traveled to Minneapolis in an attempt to avenge their sole loss from the previous season, and again riding high on a streak of shutout wins. It was not to be, however, as the dominant Golden Gophers completely shut down the Cornhuskers and sent them home with no points, Nebraska bounced right back from the thrashing in Minneapolis by completely shutting down Iowa State 17-0. The Cyclones accumulated only 75 yards and three first downs on the day, the success of the Cornhuskers was significant when taking into account that almost half of the Nebraska linemen were sidelined with injuries from the previous game. Nebraska improved to 4-2 over Iowa State, Nebraska met the Wisconsin Badgers for the first time, traveling to Milwaukee to face off with another northern squad. It was Nebraskas second painful defeat from a team of the year. Still, coach Booth had praise for his players, stating that Nebraska played 100% better than in the defeat by Minnesota. Nebraska met Missouri on neutral ground in Omaha, on the field where the Bugeaters of old thrice defeated the Omaha YMCA, Nebraska pulled up to match Kansas and even the series at 5-5. Having defeated one team from Lawrence, Kansas two weeks prior, Nebraska welcomed a new team to Nebraska also hailing from Lawrence, the squad from the Haskell Institute. At that time, Haskell was a school but not yet a college. Perhaps Nebraska was overconfident, or the Haskell team performed admirably, after regrouping for the second half, Nebraska managed to shut Haskell down and score 18 points of their own to come up with the season-closing win. Coach Booth finished his season with a 6-2-0 record, dropping his Nebraska career record to 12-3-1